Introduction to Databases

In this lesson, we will introduce you to some common types of databases. Different data problems can be solved in a wide variety of ways, which is why so many different types of databases exist. After learning about a few different types of databases, you’ll be ready to explore specific implementations further.

Learning Objectives

During this lesson, I’ll introduce you to the following:

• SQL databases
• Key-value databases
• Document-databases
• Graph databases

Intended Audience

This lesson is for novice:

• Software engineers
• Data engineers
• DevOps engineers
• Site reliability engineers

Prerequisites 

• You should have at least a conceptual understanding of programming and be comfortable with data structures, data types, etc.